“Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.”
Proverbs 27:23 (KJV) |
Proverbs 27:23
From Proverbs 27, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.